The president's special representative on reforms and good governance Ahmad Zia Massoud on Saturday hailed the national cricket team’s achievements during a visit to the Cricket Board (ACB) in Kabul. Massoud, who led a delegation, examined the Kabul…
A week-long Twenty20 Cricket Tournament has concluded in eastern Kunar province, with “Zwan Fikr Yun” club winning the title, an official said on Saturday. Organised by the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) at the Mandakol cricket ground in Asadabad,…
KABUL Cup to be played next year in Australia and New Zealand, the game’s regularity authority announced on Monday. Afghanistan Cricket Board’s spokesman Farid Hotak told Pajhwok Afghan News the 30-man squad was picked after a thoroughly assessment by selectors…
KABUL Cricket Board (ACB) and Afghan fans on Thursday joined the cricket fraternity in mourning the tragic demise of Australian Test batsman, Phillip Hughes. Hughes died on Thursday in a Sydney hospital aged 25, two days after being struck on…
KABUL Cricket Board (ACB) with medals and letter of appreciations. The Afghan U-19 team quashed leading teams of Emirates, Hong Kong, Nepal, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in the Asian Premiere League matches held in Kuwait on November 9 and became…
KABUL Cup are not confined to participation only, but to pose a challenge to the world’s best teams. Afghanistan is drawn in the same group as four-time champions Australia, New Zealand, England, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and one other qualifier in…
KABUL Cricket Board (ACB) officials opened a cricket training academy in the Sarobi district of central Kabul province and laid the foundation stone of another academy in eastern Laghman province, an official said on Monday. ACB Chief Executive Officer Dr.…
KABUL members on Sunday joined lower house members in condemning Pakistani cleric Maulana Fazl Rahman. Fazl Rahman, the chief of his own faction of Jamaiat-i-Uelma Islam (JUI-F), has reportedly said that peace could not be achieved in Afghanistan in the…
KABUL-A team in a friendly tie a day earlier sparked nationwide celebrations as thousands of cricket lovers emerged on roads in various provinces. Afghanistan-A beat Pakistan-A by 54 runs in the one-off limited overs match played in the Pakistani capital…
KABUL-A by 54 runs in the one-off limited overs match in the Pakistani capital Islamabad as Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif watched the friendly. Initially a Twenty20 but later reduced to 15-overs-a-side, the match was…
KABUL on Monday defeated the UAE by a huge margin of 306 runs in their Under-19 Asian Premier Cup match in Kuwait. It was Afghanistan’s second victory in a row. The Afghans, who on Sunday humiliated Malaysians by 10 wickets,…
KABUL’s under-19 cricket team defeated Malaysia by 10 wickets in their opening match in the Under-19 Premier Asia Cup that got underway in Kuwait on Sunday, an official said. The six-nation cup features Cup scheduled to take place in Bangladesh…
KABUL’s under-19 cricket team on Friday left for Kuwait to participate in the U-19 premier Asia Cup beginning on Sunday, an official said. The six-nation cup features Cup scheduled to take place in Bangladesh in the year 2016. Afghanistan Cricket…
A rehabilitated cricket training academy has been opened in central Logar province, with cricket officials hoping the facility would help hunt talent for the national side. Afghanistan Cricket Board spokesman Farid Hotak told Pajhwok Afghan News the academy…
KABUL's Mohammad Nabi and Samiullah Shinwari have been shortlisted for the best player award from the International Cricket Council’s Associates and Affiliates teams. The pair will fight for the prestigious award with Scotland duo Calum MacLeod and Preston Mommsen as…
President Ashraf Ghani has praised the national under-19 and under-16 cricket squads for their latest achievements and wished them more success in future. Members of the two teams were called on Ghani at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday…
KABUL 2-1, an official said. Played in the neighbouring country, Pakistan won the toss in the 45-overs encounter and asked Afghanistan to bat. Afghanistan Cricket Board spokesman Farid Hotak told Pajhwok Afghan News the visitors piled up 223 runs in…
KABUL retained the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Under-16 Elite Cup title in Qatar on Tuesday, an official said. In their final match, the national side trounced Hong Kong by 150 runs to retain the championship, the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB)…
KABUL thrashed the hosts to score their third triumph on the trot in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Under-16 Elite Cup in Qatar on Saturday, an official said. Qatar, electing to bat after winning the toss, were bundled out for…
A cricket academy has been inaugurated in the capital of southern Helmand province, paving the ground for professional learning of the game, an official said on Sunday. Afghanistan Cricket Board Chief Executive Officer Dr. Noor Mohammad Murad, local…
KABUL scored their second consecutive victory in their Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Under-16 Elite Cup match in Qatar on Friday, an official said. In their first encounter, Afghanistan had thumped Iran by 10 wickets to taking a triumphant start to…
KABUL Cup, scheduled to begin in Australia and New Zealand in February next year. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) also announced the under-19 side for the Elite Cup league matches being hosted by Kuwait fortnight later. ACB spokesman Farid Hotak…
KABUL thumped Iran in their Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Under-16 Elite Cup match in Qatar, an official said on Thursday. The Afghans are defending their title during the weeklong event that began on October 22 in Doha, Afghanistan Cricket Board…
KABUL’s junior team on Monday left for Qatar to participate in the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Under-16 Elite Cup, an official said. The Afghans would defend their title during the weeklong event, beginning on October 22 in Doha, Afghanistan Cricket…
